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Cubano, demasiado cubano
ISBN: 9789491515286 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nestor Diaz de Villegas (Cumanayagua, 1956) es poeta, editor y ensayista. Ha publicado, entre otros libros de poesia, Vicio de Miami (1997), Confesiones del estrangulador de Flagler Street (1998), Por el camino de Sade / Sade's Way Press (2003), Cuna del pintor desconocido (2011) y Palavras a tribo / Palabras a la tribu (2014). Fue el fundador de Cubista Magazine (2004-2006). Reside en Los Angeles, California."
Nestor Diaz de Villegas (Cumanayagua, 1956) es poeta, editor y ensayista. Ha publicado, entre otros libros de poesia, Vicio de Miami (1997), Confesion...
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Amber Waves of Grain: Third in the Series of Stories About Growing Up in and Around Small Towns in the Midwest
ISBN: 9780982699263 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following the popular Midwest series, this third volume features thirty-eight nostalgic stories by authors from Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Michigan and more. Containing stories as diverse as "The Singing Silo," about a young girl's entertainment on the farm, to "Journey Through the Valley of Death," which recounts the author's harrowing experience during the blizzard of 1975, there's something here to please, and captivate, every reader.
Following the popular Midwest series, this third volume features thirty-eight nostalgic stories by authors from Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Michiga...
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Fire In The Night: Creative Essays From An Iraq War Vet
ISBN: 9781438235486 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Already a freelance writer, Lee started a blog when he was sent to Iraq with the U.S. Army in 2005. His family and friends expected to read of his experiences, and a blog was the perfect medium. A hometown reporter visited his unit in Iraq, and Lee ended up on the front page of the Salt Lake Tribune. That's how it all began. Since then, he's been featured in TIME magazine, read some of his work on National Public Radio, written four books, and been included in 5 anthologies. Here are 53 of the most popular essays. They have been adapted from the blog, and writing that he's done in other...
Already a freelance writer, Lee started a blog when he was sent to Iraq with the U.S. Army in 2005. His family and friends expected to read of his exp...
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The Death of Don Quixote: The Last Technological Extension
ISBN: 9781617646072 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This essay was inspired by the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York City and other strategic places in the United States. The author studies the fictional character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605 from a variety of perspectives. He relates "the death of Don Quixote" to the destruction of the famed twin towers, thus arriving at a symbolic interpretation of certain epoch-making events in the history of mankind. Special emphasis is given to imperial politics and the history of communication technology. The term "technological extension" was suggested by the studies of Marshall...
This essay was inspired by the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York City and other strategic places in the United States. The author studie...
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The Death of Don Quixote: The Last Technological Extension
ISBN: 9781617647970 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This essay was inspired by the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York City and other strategic places in the United States. The author studies the fictional character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605 from a variety of perspectives. He relates "the death of Don Quixote" to the destruction of the famed twin towers, thus arriving at a symbolic interpretation of certain epoch-making events in the history of mankind. Special emphasis is given to imperial politics and the history of communication technology. The term "technological extension" was suggested by the studies of Marshall...
This essay was inspired by the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York City and other strategic places in the United States. The author studie...
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Organizing History: Studies in Honour of Jan Glete
ISBN: 9789185509645 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of man is to a large extent the history of organisations. For as long as there are written records to study, people have co-operated to make use of scant resources in a more effective way. This book focuses on the dynamic interaction of organisations, norm systems and institutional changes.
The history of man is to a large extent the history of organisations. For as long as there are written records to study, people have co-operated to ma...
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"it's Not My Mountain Anymore"
ISBN: 9780982761199 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A poignant Appalachian book written in an authentic voice by a veteran of the phenomenal Foxfire Books. It's Not My Mountain Anymore is a journey which mirrors that of other proud Appalachian people who tamed this once wild Eastern frontier. Taste the harsh realities of change in our once secluded mountain community. Dad once said, "The time will come when you'll have t' lock your barn at night." That time has come. Mountain hospitality needs no formal invitation, so drag up a chair, cock up your feet and enjoy a journey filled with appreciation, humor, love and loss. Learn all you can about...
A poignant Appalachian book written in an authentic voice by a veteran of the phenomenal Foxfire Books. It's Not My Mountain Anymore is a journey whic...
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Cromwell's Legacy
ISBN: 9780719080890 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cromwell's Legacy is an exciting collection of essays by scholars who are well-known in their fields of research, most of whom have a proven track record of making their scholarship accessible to a wide student and general readership. This study examines different ways in which Cromwell's life and work impacted on Britain and the rest of the world after his death. Each contributor examines Cromwell's legacy, including not only the important central question of Cromwell's impact on the religious, military and political life of Britain after his death but also Britain's relations with Europe...
Cromwell's Legacy is an exciting collection of essays by scholars who are well-known in their fields of research, most of whom have a proven track rec...
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Places of Encounter, Volume 1: Time, Place, and Connectivity in World History, Volume One: To 1600
ISBN: 9780813347370 / Angielski / Miękka / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Places of Encounter provides a place-based approach to world history, focusing on specific locations at critical moments when human history was transformed as a result of encounters--physical, political, cultural, intellectual, and religious. Original, contributed essays by leading academics in the field explore places from Hadar to Xi'an, Salvador to New York, and numerous other locations that have produced historical shockwaves and significant global impact throughout history. With a chronologically organized table of contents, each chapter dissects a particular moment in...
Places of Encounter provides a place-based approach to world history, focusing on specific locations at critical moments when human hist...
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The Struggle for Equality: Essays on Sectional Conflict, the Civil War, and the Long Reconstruction
ISBN: 9780813931739 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays, organized around the theme of the struggle for equality in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, also serves to honor the renowned Civil War historian James McPherson. Complete with a brief interview with the celebrated scholar, this volume reflects the best aspects of McPherson's work, while casting new light on the struggle that has served as the animating force of his lifetime of scholarship. With a chronological span from the 1830s to the 1960s, the contributions bear witness to the continuing vigor of the argument over... This collection of essays, organized around the theme of the struggle for equality in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuri... |
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The Ugaritic Texts and the Origins of West-Semitic Literary Composition
ISBN: 9780197264928 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The discovery and decryption of Ugaritic cuneiform tablets in the 1920s has given scholars an insight into the development of alphabetic writing and the origins of biblical poetry.
In this book, based on his Schweich Lectures given in 2007, Professor Dennis Pardee describes the origins of the cuneiform alphabetic writing system developed in Ugarit some time before 1250 BC, the use of alphabetic writing at Ugarit, and gives a comparison of Ugaritic and Hebrew literatures The discovery and decryption of Ugaritic cuneiform tablets in the 1920s has given scholars an insight into the development of alphabetic writing and t...
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The Village Gods of South India
ISBN: 9781446080245 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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Moj Shahmatnyj Mir
ISBN: 9781453832851 / Rosyjski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The new book by Lev Khariton is a collection of his chess articles written in the last two decades.while he was working in Paris and New York as a chess journalist. They are for the delectation of chess players and all those who love the game, its history and its heroes. Book written in Russian.
The new book by Lev Khariton is a collection of his chess articles written in the last two decades.while he was working in Paris and New York as a che...
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Develaciones: del Angel de La Independencia
ISBN: 9781463310042 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. DEVELACIONES DEL ANGEL DE LA INDEPENDENCIA de Antonio P. Rivas Un rayo de luz verde ilumina la vida de un paseante, como le ocurriera al Quasimodo de Victor Hugo en Notre Dame de Paris. El caminante frecuentara el Monumento a la Independencia con oidos atentos, y con curiosidad, escuchara tonos del llamado 'Angel de la Independencia', quien ha tomado la voz principal. No es la primera vez que una obra arquitectonica inspira una narrativa. Es un ensayo en prosa poetica con viajes a la epica independentista. La presencia de Hidalgo y de Morelos destacaran a lo ancho de la obra. Los hechos...
DEVELACIONES DEL ANGEL DE LA INDEPENDENCIA de Antonio P. Rivas Un rayo de luz verde ilumina la vida de un paseante, como le ocurriera al Quasimodo de ...
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For Whom We Fight?
ISBN: 9781463606183 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the United States presidential debate of 1960 between Nixon and Kennedy, the topic of defending the tiny island of Kinmen off the southeast coast of China brought worldwide attention. Little more than one year before, the island was a bloody battlefield between the Chinese Communists and the Nationalists. It was bombarded with a half-million artillery shelves. Thousands of innocent civilians, along with soldiers on both sides, perished. It was the height of the Cold War: the Soviet Union backed the Communists, the United States manipulated the Nationalists. This is the diary of a...
During the United States presidential debate of 1960 between Nixon and Kennedy, the topic of defending the tiny island of Kinmen off the southeast coa...
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A Republic--If We Can Keep It
ISBN: 9781572460317 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of essays by FEE President Lawrence W. Reed and historian Burton W. Folsom, Jr. that surveys the economic history of the United States and the modern world. Along the way, they dismiss commonly-held fallacies and present the stories of the individuals who changed history and expanded liberty for everyone.
A collection of essays by FEE President Lawrence W. Reed and historian Burton W. Folsom, Jr. that surveys the economic history of the United States an...
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Placing the South
ISBN: 9781617032028 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Placing the South offers a selection of work published between 1985 and 2005 by one of the most incisive historians and literary critics of the South. The pieces seek to situate the South in a variety of contexts and offer a compelling defense of what Kwame Anthony Appiah has called -rooted cosmopolitanism.- This is a mode of understanding based on respect for what is local and an awareness that regionalism is not enough. Hybridity, in both culture and literature, is inescapable and desirable. The first section of the book (-Placing-) contains three comparative analyses that look... Placing the South offers a selection of work published between 1985 and 2005 by one of the most incisive historians and literary critics of ... |
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Develaciones: del Angel de La Independencia
ISBN: 9781617649837 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. DEVELACIONES DEL ANGEL DE LA INDEPENDENCIA de Antonio P. Rivas Un rayo de luz verde ilumina la vida de un paseante, como le ocurriera al Quasimodo de Victor Hugo en Notre Dame de Paris. El caminante frecuentara el Monumento a la Independencia con oidos atentos, y con curiosidad, escuchara tonos del llamado 'Angel de la Independencia', quien ha tomado la voz principal. No es la primera vez que una obra arquitectonica inspira una narrativa. Es un ensayo en prosa poetica con viajes a la epica independentista. La presencia de Hidalgo y de Morelos destacaran a lo ancho de la obra. Los hechos...
DEVELACIONES DEL ANGEL DE LA INDEPENDENCIA de Antonio P. Rivas Un rayo de luz verde ilumina la vida de un paseante, como le ocurriera al Quasimodo de ...
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Wariackie papiery
ISBN: 9788379981267 / Polski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wiech nie podlizywał się głupcom ani mieszczuchom. Jak przed wojną, tak i po wojnie. Nie znał konformizmu ani grzeczności w stosunku do władz.
Wszystkim pokazywał ostry pazur. Dobroduszny i zjadliwy humor Wiecha pasuje też i do naszej rzeczywistości. Wiech nie podlizywał się głupcom ani mieszczuchom. Jak przed wojną, tak i po wojnie. Nie znał konformizmu ani grzeczności w stosunku do władz.<...
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Revolutionary Fascism
ISBN: 9789898336262 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Benito Mussolini (1893 - 1945) is the living image of Fascism and one of the most well known historical figures ever, the antonomasia of a Dictator: nevertheless few are the ones aware that early in the 20th century he was the coming man of the Italian Revolutionary Socialism, headed to represent the Socialist Party, in which everyone had high hopes for the overthrowing of the so-called "bourgeois system," when Socialism was still revolutionary and hostile to Capitalism. Lenin said of him: "in Italy, comrades, in Italy there is only a Socialist capable of guiding the people towards the...
Benito Mussolini (1893 - 1945) is the living image of Fascism and one of the most well known historical figures ever, the antonomasia of a Dictator: n...
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